Telegram’s temporary ban has still not been lifted - as on date of this episode’s publishing - even after the NEET re-examination. But soon we are going to forget all about the Telegram ban, because the Jio IPO is almost here. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕖 Timestamps:

0:00:23: Telegram’s ban and tantrums

0:04:10: Jio IPO is almost here

0:05:28: Starlink’s approval un-approved

0:06:30: Indian’s “Voice AI” moment

0:07:46: Headlines

0:14:00: Two more things…

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📝 Here’s the list by @moneycontrol I was talking about: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZmVfRRn5y_/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

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The FIFA World Cup is off to a lousy start, Elon Musk is the world's first trillionaire, national security is used as a rotten excuse. And ZEE5 pulled a dirty one. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

0:00:23: Zee5 Tried to Scam World Cup Fans in India

0:02:50: Why I’m not watching this World Cup

0:03:49: Anthropic pulled access to latest models for “foreigners”

006:00: Indian Gov’t Pauses Approval for Starlink in India

0:07:45: Zoho launches indigenous server

0:08:27: Meta and Reliance sign yet another agreement

0:09:45: Indian companies pay for first person videos to train AI

0:11:20: Headlines

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Instagram launches Instagram Plus which promises additional features for ₹299/- a month, including the option to view others’ stories without them knowing it’s you. This actually puts Instagram closer to death as a platform. But there’s something more important we need to talk about in India - that’s related to the promise of a “Make in India” smartphone and the sad state of current affairs. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕐 Timestamps:

0:00:23: Instagram launches subscription tier for some questionable features

0:03:54: Amazon Music “Unlimited” launches

0:05:10: JioStar still thinks AI is the future

0:05:49: AirTrunk’s 3 lakh crore investment promise 

0:06:30: India gets access to Claude’s mysterious Mythos model

0:07:33: eCommerce companies launch Digital Commerce Coalition to continue exploiting gig workers

0:08:11: Headlines

0:11:11: A special message, with gratitude to Gyantherapy Techbar,  Techwiser and Mrwhosetheboss among others for doing what they do 💯

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📕 This is the great book by Cory Doctorow: https://amzn.to/49JEwkL

🇮🇳 This is the video every Indian should watch: https://youtu.be/s7aOJYueEtI?si=YvEDKXgb39HSWZCs

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited India and achieved nothing. Literally nothing. India is more impacted by the CBSE scandal, which has gripped the education sector and has potentially affected the careers of 4+ lakh students. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕐 Timestamps:

0:00:23: Marco Rubio visited India and achieved nothing

0:03:11: CBSE fiasco

0:06:36: Delhi HC passes landmark judgement against Google

0:07:57: “Pronto” privacy nightmare

0:08:53: “Memflation” (memory + inflation) is real

0:10:21: Indians are still trafficked to scam centres in Myanmar operated by Chinese groups

0:11:42: Headlines

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📕 Here’s my guide from 2025 about crypto in India: https://techinform.in/trading-cryptocu-in-india-2025/

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A Delhi startup called CarryMen offers the services of men to carry your things while you shop, and this unsurprisingly is the most popular tech news from India. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕐 Timestamps:

0:00:24: Google I/O (pronounced “ayyo”)

0:01:31: Delhi startup CarryMen

0:05:25: Maharashtra instructs Apple and Google to remove Uber and Ola and Rapido from app stores

0:06:50: Vinfast to launch more affordable alternative to Uber

0:08:17: Tata and ASML sign MoU to advance chip making in Dholera

0:08:55: Apple Pay’s India launch delayed (again)

0:09:55: Government to ban Polymarket and Kalshi

0:10:45: TN and Kerala create AI ministries

0:11:48: Headlines

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ED’s probe into GamesKraft has revealed more sinister things - not least of which how easy it is for companies to use tech to cheat people out of massive amounts of money. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕐 Timestamps:

0:00:24: GamesKraft probe reveals big online frauds

0:03:33: Many cricketers are horrible people

0:04:17: Uber to setup data centre with Adani in India

0:04:58: Jio IPO updates and twists

0:06:15: Flipkart told to push IPO to 2027

0:06:33: Some company called Shadowfax

0:07:24: Gig worker strike 16-May-26

0:08:39: Headlines

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♣️ National Indian Gaming Commission: https://www.nigc.gov/utility/report-a-violation/

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Reliance is reportedly exploring its own LER satellite system to provide satellite internet services to remote areas in India. This is clearly to rival Starlink - which has still not launched in India after more than 3 years of noise. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕐 Timestamps:

0:00:23: Ambani takes on Musk (in India)

0:06:20: (ad) Best VPN out there

0:07:20: Government approves two more semiconductor units

0:08:45: Zee takes Nykaa and JioStar to court

0:12:00: Deepinder Goyal’s “Temple” device

0:13:12: Zepto gets SEBI approval for IPO

0:14:18: Headlines

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Within two days Apple said two things about India - that they are “over the moon excited” for India, and that the Competition Commission of India is “overstepping its jurisdiction”. The nerve. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕐 Timestamps:

0:00:24: Apple is both happy and sad about India

0:06:55: Amazon and FCPL settle for ₹11 crores

0:09:15: Aadhaar card now in Google Wallet

0:11:10: Reliance announces new $17 billion data centre cluster

0:12:55: MeitY warns VPN companies against allowing access to betting

0:14:58: (Ad) best VPN out there

0:16:08: Headlines

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What's more fancy than being a billionaire? A tech billionaire that tells other tech billionaires what to do. Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕐 Timestamps:

0:00:03: Jio IPO - foreign investment details revealed

0:03:15: Headlines

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Reliance supremo Mukesh Ambani revealed more about the Jio IPO in one sentence than all reports over the last few months put together.  Catch up on this and the most important tech news for Indians this week!

🕐 Timestamps:

0:00:03: Scope of Jio IPO revealed

0:02:24: Headlines

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